Tenerife 1-0 Almería result, stats and report

Last updated: Sunday 17 August 2026. Match takes place Sunday 23 August 2026, kick-off 20:30 UK time.

The Situation

This is a La Liga 2 fixture between two sides who finished last season in very different places mentally. Tenerife ended 2024/25 third in the table with 74 points. Almería finished eleventh, mid-table, going nowhere in particular. Now they meet on matchday two of the new season and the picture is already interesting. Both clubs have yet to register a result in the 2026 season standings as of the data available. That changes Sunday night on the Canary Islands.

The thing is, the data we have points strongly in one direction. Tenerife at home is a different animal to Tenerife away. Almería away is a concern that does not go away regardless of how you dress it up.

Tenerife at Home: A Fortress with Teeth

Let me be direct. Tenerife's home form over the last ten games reads six wins, zero draws, one defeat. Nineteen goals scored. Ten conceded. In their last five home matches it is four wins from five, twelve goals for, eight against. That is a side that competes. That is a side with desire and the basics in place when they play in front of their own supporters.

Listen, I do not need to overcomplicate this. A team that wins six of its last ten at home in the second division of Spanish football is a team with standards. The one loss hurts their clean sheet record, which sits at just 14 per cent over ten games at home. But both teams scoring in over 85 per cent of those games tells you Tenerife do not park the bus. They go after you. Over 2.5 goals has come in 85.71 per cent of their home games over the last ten. That is not a coincidence. That is who they are.

Almería Away: The Problem Is Plain to See

Now look at Almería's away form over their last five games on the road. One win. Two draws. Two defeats. Seven goals scored, eleven conceded. A goals against tally of eleven in five away fixtures is unacceptable at any level of the game. Their clean sheet percentage away from home sits at 20 per cent. Both teams have scored in 80 per cent of those away games.

The thing is, Almería's overall last ten figures are not embarrassing on paper. Five wins, two draws, three defeats. Nineteen goals for, nineteen against. They can score. The problem is the defensive accountability on the road simply is not there. When you concede 2.2 goals per away game on average, you are asking your forwards to bail out your defenders every single week. That is not a sustainable situation. End of.

What Last Season Tells Us

Last season's final standings are relevant here. Tenerife were third in La Liga 2 with 74 points from 42 games. Twenty-two wins. They were a promotion contender. Almería finished in the middle of the pack. The gap in quality and expectation between these two sides is not enormous, but it exists. Tenerife are operating at a higher standard of accountability than Almería demonstrated last term.

There are no head to head records available in the current data set, so we cannot lean on historical meetings. We work with what we have. And what we have favours the home side clearly.

Goals: The Most Likely Outcome of This Match

This is not going to be a cagey affair. Tenerife score at home. Almería score away. Both teams have scored in 80 per cent of Almería's away games. Tenerife's home BTTS rate is 85.71 per cent over ten. The over 2.5 rate for Almería's away games sits at 60 per cent over five, and 70 per cent over their last ten overall. Tenerife's home over 2.5 rate is 85.71 per cent over ten games.

The thing is, when you put an attacking home side against a visiting team that leaks goals on the road, you get goals. Both ways. That is just how football works. Any pundit telling you to back a clean sheet in this one is guessing.

The Bet

I back one selection. I do not build accumulators and I do not hedge. My selection for this match is Tenerife to win. They are at home. They have superior home form. Their opponents have a demonstrably poor away defensive record. Almería's shot accuracy away from home is poor, four shots on target per game from twenty attempts. That is a 20 per cent conversion rate on shots on target. It is not good enough to punish a side with Tenerife's home record.

Tenerife to win. Back it with conviction. If Almería's defence does not hold and they go behind early, I will not be surprised in the slightest. Accountability on the road has been a problem for this squad and I see no reason to believe Sunday night will be different.

Team News and Injuries

No injury data is available in the current data set for either side. We will update this preview if significant team news emerges before the weekend. Check back closer to kick-off for any late changes to the starting line-ups.

Verdict

Tenerife win. Goals in this game. Almería will have their moments going forward because they always do, but their away defensive standards are not good enough to grind out a result against a side this comfortable on their own patch. The basics matter. Desire to defend on the road matters. The numbers suggest Almería are still working on both.